How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"We never heard tell of Calinda again. I expect she prospered. She had all those talents, didn't she? But we never heard. They had a brother, too, remember. In Paris, France. But they were the free people of color. And after the war they had to find new selves. I suppose it was just better to cut their ties and go it alone. Think how many more there must be like them—perched very quiet up on people's family trees. Safe now from being called ugly names. (15.26)
This is just terribly sad. Even after a war had been fought largely to free enslaved people of color, a family couldn't be together because their relationships might hurt each other. Messed up.